Sex Education in Public High Schools

The Department of Education is planning to push though with its project of teaching sex education in selected 29 public high schools including Metro Manila and in some provinces in the country being eyed as its pilot areas.

This was announced by the Department Head Secretary Mona Valisno months ago and is all set to be implemented this coming school opening on June.

As it is, the said plan is again being opposed by the Catholic Church but Secretary Valisno is determined to do it as she claims that some cases of sex related diseases among the youth have reached a very alarming rate, stemming from lack of knowledge on the subject.

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CBCP Not Giving Up On Reproductive Health Bill

It's been a month now since my last post here and almost a month after the automated election that was held here in the Philippines. And as we can see on the election results, there are several candidates who are proponents of RH bill that emerged winner in their bid for government posts. Even Sen. Noynoy Aquino who is the leading presidential aspirant is a known supporter of the said bill which the Catholic bishops said promotes the use of artificial contraceptives and is thus, tantamount to an abortion.

Well, the Catholic church is still not giving up wherein a CBCP offical have issued an statement that they will continue to 'monitor' these elected government officials who openly support the controversial RH bill.

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Filipino Voters Are Immature?

This is the claim of the Catholic church as the reason why many advocates of RH bill have won a seat in the last local and national election. But proponents for the said bill think otherwise and said that Filipino voters showed maturity by electing pro-RH bill.

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